Canada’s Brad Jacobs beat South Korea’s Hyojun Kim 9-3 to remain unbeaten at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship. Calgary-based team improves to 3-0 in round-robin play The Canadian Press · Posted: Mar 30, 2025 7:29 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago Canada skip Brad Jacobs throws a stone during a 9-3 win…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size As the federal election campaign enters its second week, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre unveiled a new economic policy proposal aimed at reducing taxes on investments, pitching his party as the best choice to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking at a plastics manufacturing facility in…
Mary Watters says she feels at home on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, but this wasn’t always the case. Born in Duluth, Minn., she moved to Fort Frances, Ont., at age six and spent much of her childhood in the northwestern Ontario community. “I went to high school in [International] Falls and my Fort…
After a triumphant run to a Montana’s Brier title earlier this month, Brad Jacobs and his Canadian teammates picked up where they left off Saturday in their opening game at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Sask. Jacobs and his Calgary-based team defeated Japan’s Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 7-3 in the first round-robin draw…
At least three political parties will run candidates in Calgary’s upcoming municipal election, with the third officially certified this week. A Better Calgary (ABC) announced it has been certified by Elections Calgary as a municipal political party, with candidates confirmed in seven of Calgary’s 14 wards in October’s election. So far those candidates are Gordon Elliott in…
Hundreds of protests at Tesla showrooms around the world are expected on Saturday, including multiple demonstrations organized across Canada. Dubbed the Tesla Takedown’s Global Day of Action, it is the latest demonstration by those who object to the role Tesla CEO Elon Musk has played in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. Demonstrators say they…
Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit second at the figure skating world championships after scoring 86.44 points in the rhythm dance on Friday in Boston. Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States earned a season-best score of 90.18 to take the lead as they chase a third consecutive world title. In what has fast become the…
With the summer season only a couple of months away, residents of tent encampments throughout the city have seen an increase in population. William Thompson has been a resident of the Geary Street encampment for a month but has been sleeping rough for the past year. “In the past week, we’ve had at least three,…
A prominent legal organization is facing criticism for cancelling a speech by a noted entrepreneur and humanitarian advocate after, it says, some members expressed concerns about his position on Israel’s war in Gaza. Tareq Hadhad, the founder of Peace by Chocolate, had been selected by the Advocates’ Society, a national non-profit group made up of some 6,000 judges, lawyers and…
The war of words over Alphonso Davies’ knee injury cooled somewhat Thursday with a conciliatory communique from the Canada captain’s agent. In the wake of Bayern Munich’s announcement Wednesday that Davies had torn his anterior cruciate ligament in Canada’s 2-1 weekend win over the U.S. in the CONCACAF Nations League third-place game in Inglewood, Calif.,…
